Society Awards and Honors
2007 Elected Positions and Offices
Anne Fix Elected Secretary-Treasurer for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Division of Environmental Geosciences (DEG)
N.J. (Anne) Fix was elected Secretary-Treasurer by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Division of Environmental Geosciences (DEG) for a 2-year term beginning July 1, 2007. AAPG was founded in 1917 and is the world's largest professional geological society with over 31,000 members in 115 countries. DEG is dedicated to educating the membership of AAPG and the general public about important issues that affect petroleum energy minerals exploration and production. DEG supports carbon sequestration and climate change projects as well as environmental characterization and remediation. Anne was elected to this position in recognition of her prior service to DEG. The AAPG Grants-in-Aid Committee provide funds to students seeking graduate degrees in the geosciences whose research has application to the search for and development of petroleum and energy-mineral resources and to related environmental geology issues. Anne is currently involved, as the Editor, in soliciting papers and preparing a DEG publication devoted to the outstanding graduate student research in environmental geosciences. As an EMD member she actively participates on the coalbed methane, gas hydrates, and uranium committees' efforts to advance the science of geology. Anne is licensed as a Professional Geoscientist (PG) in Texas and is a Registered Environmental Manager (REM). At PNNL, Anne is a Quality Engineer in the ESH&Q Directorate with subject matter expertise in the environmental sciences. She supports various research projects here at the Laboratory. (announced 7/1/2007)